Legal Aid
In 2021, 18.256 lawyers were appointed under the system of legal aid as free lawyers (13.141 in criminal cases / 4.580 in civil cases / 177 before the Constitutional Court of Austria / 358 before the Supreme Administrative Court) in Austria. The services rendered under legal aid in 2021 were barely EUR 32 million.
Legal Aid Statistics 2021
Bar | Appointments | Fees charged |
---|---|---|
Burgenland | 448 | € 983.207,08 |
Carinthia | 860 | € 1.788.344,51 |
Lower Austria | 2.611 | € 3.861.571,98 |
Upper Austria | 2.543 | € 3.826.958,82 |
Salzburg | 1.409 | € 2.577.536,08 |
Styria | 2.217 | € 4.960.309,83 |
Tyrol | 1.371 | € 2.787.340,52 |
Vorarlberg | 783 | € 1.639.394,85 |
Vienna | 6.014 | € 9.829.774,32 |
Total | 18.256 | € 32.254.437,99 |